Required Reading All My Sons – Arthur Miller (All Levels) The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne (All Levels)
See Electives on the Grade 12 list for other required works Recommended Reading – Fiction The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain The Autobiography of Malcom X – Malcom X with Alex Haley The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger The Color Purple – Alice Walker Cry, The Beloved Country – Alan Paton The Crucible – Arthur Miller Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Fences – August Wilson For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain The Jungle – Upton Sinclair The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle A Lesson Before Dying – Robert Gaines Lord of the Flies – William Golding Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad Main Street – Sinclair Lewis Moby Dick – Herman Melville Native Son – Richard Wright Night - Elie Wiesel The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway O Pioneers! – Willa Cather Our Town – Thornton Wilder A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving Ragtime – E. L. Doctorow Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry Saving Fish from Drowning – Amy Tan The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien The Turn of the Screw – Henry James Walden – Henry David Thoreau Recommended Reading – Non-Fiction Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors - Read The Color of Water – James McBride A Brief History of Time - Fast Food Nation The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch Mayflower – Nathaniel Philbrick Notes of a Native Son – James Baldwin The Tipping Point - Zero to Sixty – Gary Paulsen
High-Interest Reading
Atonement-Ian McEwan
Thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia the housekeeper's son, later accuses him of a crime and spends years trying to atone for her actions.
The Burn Journals- Brent Runyon
The true story of Brent Runyon who at fourteen set himself on fire and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime-
Mark Haddon
Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Daughter of Fortune – Isabel Allende
Eliza Sommers, left alone and pregnant in Chile when her lover Joaquin runs off to California during the Gold Rush, decides to follow him only to become entranced with her new life of freedom and independence.
Empire Falls- Richard Russo
Miles Roby, called back from college to the small town of Empire Falls in Dexter County, Maine to take care of his ailing mother, falls into a rut that keeps him trapped until years later when a series of revelations and tragedies jolts him back into an awareness of his life.
Finding Fish: A Memoir – Antwone Q. Fisher
Antwone Fisher tells the story of his life, from his birth to a prison inmate to his success as a screenwriter in Hollywood, discussing his childhood and teen years in foster homes, his stint in the Navy, his attempts to find his mother and father, and the determination that led him to create the life of his dreams.
Girl with a Pearl Earring- Tracy Chevalier
Imagines the young woman in Johannes Vermeer's mysterious painting "The Girl With a Pearl Earring" as a sixteen-year-old Dutch girl named Griet who sparks the interest of the artist when she becomes a maid in his turbulent household.
The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.
My Sisters Keeper- Jodi Picoult
Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Tristran Thorn, having lost his heart to the lovely but cold Victoria Forester, leaves the safe English town of Wall and sets out into a strange world on a quest to retrieve a fallen star he has promised to his beloved.
As Simple as Snow
After his eccentric girlfriend mysteriously disappears, a young man must unravel the puzzle she left behind in her cryptic, riddle-filled letters and in the obituaries she created for every living person in town.
Tuesdays with Morrie
The author, an alumnus of Brandeis University, tells of his meetings with a former professor suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and of the lessons he learned about life and death from his college mentor.
All My Sons – Arthur Miller (All Levels)
The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne (All Levels)
See Electives on the Grade 12 list for other required works
Recommended Reading – Fiction
The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Autobiography of Malcom X – Malcom X with Alex Haley
The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
The Color Purple – Alice Walker
Cry, The Beloved Country – Alan Paton
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
Dandelion Wine – Ray Bradbury
Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller
Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Fences – August Wilson
For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
The Jungle – Upton Sinclair
The Last Unicorn – Peter S. Beagle
A Lesson Before Dying – Robert Gaines
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad
Main Street – Sinclair Lewis
Moby Dick – Herman Melville
Native Son – Richard Wright
Night - Elie Wiesel
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
O Pioneers! – Willa Cather
Our Town – Thornton Wilder
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Ragtime – E. L. Doctorow
Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane
A Raisin in the Sun – Lorraine Hansberry
Saving Fish from Drowning – Amy Tan
The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
Walden – Henry David Thoreau
Recommended Reading – Non-Fiction
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors - Read
The Color of Water – James McBride
A Brief History of Time -
Fast Food Nation
The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch
Mayflower – Nathaniel Philbrick
Notes of a Native Son – James Baldwin
The Tipping Point -
Zero to Sixty – Gary Paulsen
High-Interest Reading
Mark Haddon